FactoryBean that creates
a local JCA connection factory in "non-managed" mode (as defined by the
Java Connector Architecture specification). This is a direct alternative
to a JndiObjectFactoryBean definition that
obtains a connection factory handle from a J2EE server's naming environment.

The type of the connection factory is dependent on the actual connector:
the connector can either expose its native API (such as a JDBC
DataSource or a JMS ConnectionFactory)
or follow the standard Common Client Interface (CCI), as defined by the JCA spec.
The exposed interface in the CCI case is ConnectionFactory.

In order to use this FactoryBean, you must specify the connector's
"managedConnectionFactory" (usually
configured as separate JavaBean), which will be used to create the actual
connection factory reference as exposed to the application. Optionally,
you can also specify a "connectionManager",
in order to use a custom ConnectionManager instead of the connector's default.

NOTE: In non-managed mode, a connector is not deployed on an
application server, or more specificially not interacting with an application
server. Consequently, it cannot use a J2EE server's system contracts:
connection management, transaction management, and security management.
A custom ConnectionManager implementation has to be used for applying those
services in conjunction with a standalone transaction coordinator etc.

The connector will use a local ConnectionManager (included in the connector)
by default, which cannot participate in global transactions due to the lack
of XA enlistment. You need to specify an XA-capable ConnectionManager in
order to make the connector interact with an XA transaction coordinator.
Alternatively, simply use the native local transaction facilities of the
exposed API (e.g. CCI local transactions), or use a corresponding
implementation of Spring's PlatformTransactionManager SPI
(e.g. CciLocalTransactionManager)
to drive local transactions.

Constructor Detail

LocalConnectionFactoryBean

Method Detail

setManagedConnectionFactory

Set the JCA ManagerConnectionFactory that should be used to create
the desired connection factory.

The ManagerConnectionFactory will usually be set up as separate bean
(potentially as inner bean), populated with JavaBean properties:
a ManagerConnectionFactory is encouraged to follow the JavaBean pattern
by the JCA specification, analogous to a JDBC DataSource and a JDO
PersistenceManagerFactory.

Note that the ManagerConnectionFactory implementation might expect
a reference to its JCA 1.5 ResourceAdapter, expressed through the
ResourceAdapterAssociation interface.
Simply inject the corresponding ResourceAdapter instance into its
"resourceAdapter" bean property in this case, before passing the
ManagerConnectionFactory into this LocalConnectionFactoryBean.

getObject

Return an instance (possibly shared or independent) of the object
managed by this factory.

As with a BeanFactory, this allows support for both the
Singleton and Prototype design pattern.

If this FactoryBean is not fully initialized yet at the time of
the call (for example because it is involved in a circular reference),
throw a corresponding FactoryBeanNotInitializedException.

As of Spring 2.0, FactoryBeans are allowed to return null
objects. The factory will consider this as normal value to be used; it
will not throw a FactoryBeanNotInitializedException in this case anymore.
FactoryBean implementations are encouraged to throw
FactoryBeanNotInitializedException themselves now, as appropriate.

getObjectType

Return the type of object that this FactoryBean creates,
or null if not known in advance.

This allows one to check for specific types of beans without
instantiating objects, for example on autowiring.

In the case of implementations that are creating a singleton object,
this method should try to avoid singleton creation as far as possible;
it should rather estimate the type in advance.
For prototypes, returning a meaningful type here is advisable too.

This method can be called before this FactoryBean has
been fully initialized. It must not rely on state created during
initialization; of course, it can still use such state if available.

NOTE: Autowiring will simply ignore FactoryBeans that return
null here. Therefore it is highly recommended to implement
this method properly, using the current state of the FactoryBean.

isSingleton

Is the object managed by this factory a singleton? That is,
will FactoryBean.getObject() always return the same object
(a reference that can be cached)?

NOTE: If a FactoryBean indicates to hold a singleton object,
the object returned from getObject() might get cached
by the owning BeanFactory. Hence, do not return true
unless the FactoryBean always exposes the same reference.

The singleton status of the FactoryBean itself will generally
be provided by the owning BeanFactory; usually, it has to be
defined as singleton there.

NOTE: This method returning false does not
necessarily indicate that returned objects are independent instances.
An implementation of the extended SmartFactoryBean interface
may explicitly indicate independent instances through its
SmartFactoryBean.isPrototype() method. Plain FactoryBean
implementations which do not implement this extended interface are
simply assumed to always return independent instances if the
isSingleton() implementation returns false.